Factors associated with self-reported HBV vaccination among HIV-Negative MSM participating in an online sexual health survey: A cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Matthews, Jonathan E ^a   Stephenson, Rob ^a   Sullivan, Patrick S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MASS IMMUNIZATION; ONLINE MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HOMOSEXUALITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERNET; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84857148655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030609     Document Type: Article

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